I like to create cards, scrapbook layouts, mini albums and altered art. I love pretty paper, glitter and coloring with Copics. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 24 years and we have two daughters. I share my craft creations on my blog at www.candyscreationsblog.blogspot.com .

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Today I have a chipboard album that I created for Heartfelt Creations. If you are ever lucky enough to visit CHA or one of the shows that Heartfelt Creations is at you may have seen my album on display. Here is a pictures of it at the HC Booth:

The base of the album is a Ruby Rock-It August Moon Chipboard Album. So the pages came preprinted and then I decorated and embellished it with Heartfelt Creations stamps and dies. I tied some May Arts Pleated Ribbon onto the jump rings to create a pretty binding. The complete detailed supplies and instructions are listed at the end of this blog post. Here is a look at the album page by page:

With Memento Ink on Cryogen White paper stamp the door from the Grand Portal Set and the pathway scene from the Scenic Vista Set. Color with Copics. Cut out door using the Decorative Chateau Gate Die, trimming edges as necessary. Using Bazzill paper cut another piece using the Decorative Chateau Gate Die. Adhere Grand Portal door to Bazzill Decorative Chateau Gate with Dries Clear Adhesive. Add Olive Twist Smooch to door hinges and handles. Carefully cut the Scenic Vista Scene to fit behind the door so that edges do not show outside the door and adhere to back of door edges with Dries Clear Adhesive. Adhere entire door to page with Dries Clear Adhesive. Next on Cryogen Paper cut out a Spellbinders Label 16 and while still in the dye add Tattered Rose Distress Ink. Remove from dye and with Memento Ink stamp "May the obstacles . . . " sentiments from the Door to my Heart Set. Attach to page.

On Cryogen White paper with Memento Ink stamp birdhouse with roses and birdhouse from Bird Haven Set and Dove from Brookside Manor Set. Color with Copics. Detail cut birdhouse and roses. Use Garden Romance Die to cut out dove and birdhouse. Adhere to page placing second birdhouse on top of picture with pop dots to create 3D effect. Cut 3 fence die cuts pieces and adhere to page with Dries Clear Adhesive.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Good morning! It's Wednesday and time for me to show you some more projects I created for Heartfelt Creations. First, I need to tell you that unfortunately this will be my last official post as a HC Design Team member my term ends on April 30th. The new Design Team will be announced on the HC Blog next Wednesday, May 1st. I just want to say that I have enjoyed every minute of being on the HC Design Team for the last 1 1/2 years. It has been an amazing journey!

I only started stamping and coloring with Copics 2 1/2 years ago when a small scrapbook store, More Memories, opened in my home town. I started taking some card and coloring classes at the store and I never knew that would lead me to starting a blog, being on a Design Team, having my work published sixteen times and my work on display at CHA and other industry trade shows. I have met so many amazing people in real life and in blogland. It has turned out to truly be a blessing in my life and just what I needed, when I needed it. God is truly amazing!

I am a stay-at-home wife and mother and my girls are teenagers now. They do not require as much day to day care as when they were little, but I still want to be at home and be available for their after school talks and to help with their activities. I also need to help take care of my parents, who have a lot of health problems and I serve on the funeral dinner committee at church, which I have done for eight years. Designing is a hobby/job that I can do where I am still at home and I can work around my family obligations. It also helps support my craft habit (which we all know can be expensive)! My husband is a corporate pilot and travels and so I also want to be home when he is home and I need a hobby to fill my time when he is gone. Designing cards and coloring with Copics is my outlet, it is something I do for me, but yet I can still fulfill my responsibilities as a wife, mother, daughter, friend and sister-in-Christ like I want and need to.

I want to thank Emma Lou and Linda for giving me the opportunity to be on the HC Design Team. It has been a great experience and I truly love all of the HC products. It has been very easy to design for HC because their stamps, dies and papers are so beautiful and fit my style perfectly. I am going to participate in the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Blog Hops on the last Tuesday of the Month. I also am going to make card samples for the stamping and scrapbooking store, More Memories and I am going to start teaching card classes there as well. I will be sharing the cards I create for the store and the classes here on my blog.

Sorry for such a long, wordy post today. Hopefully, I didn't get too sentimental. Now on to the cards and wall hanging I made this week for Heartfelt Creations. On the Lighthouse Step Card I made this week, again I used seashells that I found on Lido Beach from our family vacation to Sarasota, Florida a few weeks ago.

LIGHTHOUSE STEP CARD

BUTTERFLY & LILIES CARD

LILIES WALL HANGING

Please make sure and check out the other great projects the HC Design Team made this week on the HC Blog. I will be back tomorrow with a chipboard album that I made for Heartfelt Creations that is shown on their blog today. Have a good day!

Begin with a 12" x 6" piece of beige cardstock. Line cardstock up in paper trimmer so that top edge of (6" side) is at top in paper trimmer and (12") side of cardstock is at the 1 1/4" mark and position cutting blade at 1 1/4" mark. Cut from 1 1/4" mark to 7 1/4" mark. Flip card over and cut the same on the other side. Place card sideways in Scor-Pal and score on the 1 1/4" cut side at 1 1/4", 2 1/2" and 7 1/4" marks. Repeat on opposite 1 1/4" cut side of card. On the 3 3/8" center between cuts score at the 6" mark. Fold at the score lines to create a 6" Center Step Card. For the side panels cut 2 pieces of brown Balmy Breeze Paper 1 1/4" x 4 3/4" and 2 pieces of shell Balmy Breeze Paper 1 1/8" x 4 3/4" and adhere to side panels. For center panel cut a 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of anchor Balmy Breeze Paper and adhere to center panel. For bottom panel cut a 5 7/8" x 1 1/8" piece of brown Balmy Breeze Paper and adhere to bottom panel. On bottom panel with Watermark Ink stamp "Have a Special Day" sentiment from Inspire Me Sentiments Set and add Pastel Peach Embossing Powder. Heat Set. On Cryogen White Paper die cut with Standard Circles SM with Memento Ink stamp lighthouse from High Seas Set and color with Copics. Spray with Iridescent Spray & Sparkle Spray. Matte on brown Balmy Breeze Paper die cut with Petite Scalloped Circles LG. Adhere to center panel with pop dots. Add seashells adhering with Helmar Adhesive and twine finishing with a bow.

Instructions:
5" x 7" Card
Begin with a 9" x 7" piece of cardstock and score on the 5" mark to make a 5" x 7" card base. Next out of brown cardstock using the Lace Doily Accents die cut a 7" strip and adhere to bottom of card front. Adhere a 7" strip of paper to top of card front and then adhere a piece of Sunny Day Paper so that brown cardstock on top is visible and doily edge of bottom is showing. Next on Cryogen White Paper die cut with Labels Nine with Memento Ink stamp butterfly and lilies image and color with Copics. Distress edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Adhere to card front. On Cryogen Paper with Memento Ink stamp butterfly from Delicate Asters & Butterflies Set and one lily from Pristine Lilies Set and color with Copics. Die cut butterfly with Les Papillions die and lily with Cross & Lilies die. Adhere to card for 3D effect. Add Stickles & Smooch to butterfly and lilies. Add Goosebumps to bottom left corner of card front.

Instructions:
8 1/2" x 6 1/2" Wall Hanging
Begin with a brown piece of Sunny Day Paper and die cut using the largest template from the Grand Decorative Ovals One. Also using the same die, cut a piece of brown Bazzill cardstock. Adhere together using Zip Dry Glue to create your back piece. Next with the coordinating Ovals Grand Nestabilities die cut a piece of Sunny Day Paper and a piece of grungepaper. Using Zip Dry Glue adhere Sunny Day Paper oval to grungepaper oval and then adhere to back piece. On Cryogen White Paper stamp Botanical Window and color window and leaves with Copics. Detail cut out and matte on brown Bazzill cardstock die cut with Decorative Chateau Gate Die. Adhere to wall hanging base. Next on yellow Sunny Day Paper stamp several sizes of lilies with Watermark Ink and add Wow Embossing Glitter. Heat Set. Add to window image, creating layers of flowers as desired using Dries Clear Glue and pop dots as needed. Add Rhinestones to flower centers. On Cryogen White Paper die cut with Classic Ovals LG stamp sentiment from Botanical Window Set with VersaMark Ink. Spray with Iridescent Spray & Sparkle spray. Matte on Sunny Day Paper die cut with Beaded Ovals Die. Adhere to wall hanging with pop dots. Add Dewdrops with Dries Clear Glue. Tie trim to holes in Grand Decorative Oval at top to hang wall hanging.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Good morning! Today I woke up and reminded myself "Life is Good". Sometimes we need to stop and remind ourselves of this. These last few days I have been down in the dumps. I have been sick with a cold, my computer died and a few other things have not went the way I had hoped. So this weekend I was having a pity party for myself. Well today when I woke up the sun was shining and the grass is greening up, which means hopefully here in Northern Indiana it will soon be warm enough for me to get out in my flower beds. I always feel better when I can dig in the dirt. I really do have a lot to be thankful for and "Life is Good".

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hi everyone! I am back this week to share three more cards I made with Heartfelt Creations new Balmy Breeze Collection. I had so much inspiration for this new set since I just spent a week with my family during Spring Break in Sarasota, Florida. I even used some of the small shells I collected while on vacation on my Beach Scene Card. I hope you enjoy all my cards this week because I had so much fun creating them.

LIGHTHOUSE/SHELL GATEFOLD CARD

BEACH SCENE CARD

THE LORD IS MY ANCHOR CARD

Thanks for visiting my blog today. Please make sure and check out all the other great projects created by the HC Design Team on Heartfelt Creations Blog. Have a great week!

Begin with a 10" x 7" piece of brown cardstock and score on the 2 1/2" and 7 1/2" marks. Next cut two piece of the shell paper from the Balmy Breeze Paper to 2 1/4" x 7 1/4" and adhere with Zip Dry Glue to each side of card front. Then with Memento Ink on Cryogen White Paper stamp lighthouse image from High Seas Set and then die cut with Labels 4. Color with Copics and add Raspberry Fizz Flower Soft to flowers in image. Matte on blue-green cardstock die cut with coordinating Labels 4 die. Add Prince Candi with pop dots. Then adhere left half to left half of upper card front. Next with Memento Ink on Cryogen White Paper stamp shells image from Sand and Sea Set and then die cut with Classic Rectangle. Color with Copics and then with Dries Clear Glue add Crystal Glitter and Sand Flower Soft. Matte on blue-green cardstock die cut with coordinating Classic Scalloped Rectangle. Then adhere right half on right half of lower card front to finish gatefold card.

Begin with a 10" x 7" piece of aqua cardstock and score on the 5" mark to create a 5" x 7" card base. Next cut a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" piece of Balmy Breeze Paper and wrap twine around it several times before adhering to card base. With Memento Ink on Cryogen White Paper die cut with Curved Rectangles stamp beach chair from Seascape Set, palm tree from Surfs Up Set and seagulls from Sand and Sea Set to create a beach scene. Color with Copics. On another piece of Cryogen White Paper stamp the beach chair from the Seascape Set again and color only the beach chair and then detail cut out and with pop dots adhere on top of beach chair in scene to create 3D effect. With Dries Clear Glue add Lichen Glitter to palm tree and Crystal Glitter to sand. With Dries Clear Glue adhere small seashells on beach. Matte entire scene on green cardstock die cut with Spellbinders Curved Rectangles. Add Candi with pop dots to upper right of card front. On Cryogen White Paper stamp "Have a" and "wonderful birthday" from Beautiful You Set with VersaFine Ink. Die cut with tags die from Decorative Flower Pot Die. Distress edges with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and then spray with Iridescent Spay & Sparkle spray glitter. Attach tags with peach Jillibean Twine to twine on card front. Also attach "Cherish" Trinket with May Arts Ribbon.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Heartfelt Creations is absolutely delighted to bring you the Balmy Breeze Collection. Old world vintage has been combined with tranquil seaside scenes (including a rustic compass, beach chair, fantastic surf, beaming lighthouses) and the Balmy Breeze paper pack, composed of a neutral color palette of peach and mint hues. This set is perfect for the crafter that loves creating vintage projects or for the stamper looking to create a project for her favorite man.

Leave a comment on the Heartfelt Creations Blog by April 16th and you will be eligible to win the entire release valued at $180.91. While you are on Heartfelt Creations Blog don't forget to cast your vote for your favorite (current) designer and semifinalist. Voting ends on Friday, April 13, 2013. So if you would like to see me continue on the Heartfelt Creations Design Team, please make sure you vote for me under the "favorite designer" section before Friday. I truly enjoy designing for Heartfelt Creations and would love to continue bringing you weekly projects featuring HC stamps and dies. Also for taking the time to vote you will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to Heartfelt Creations.

The first card I made this week features this beautiful lighthouse I colored with Copics. I created an easel card with the compass image adhered with pop dots on the base of the card to make the easel stand up.

LIGHTHOUSE COMPASS EASEL CARD

Here is a closeup of the colored image. I added Art Glitter - Crystal Ultrafine Transparent Glitter to the beach to make the sand "sparkle".

The next project I made is a cute mini tag with envelope. I used May Arts Twisted Burlap Cord for the strings and added the die cut anchors from Heartfelt Creations HCD 733 - Decorative Lattice Swirl Die to the end of the cords with a knot.

SEASHELL MINI TAG WITH ENVELOP

Here is a close-up of the tag so you can see the Copic colored image better and the sweet anchors!

And my final project for the week is a fancy fold card featuring a sailboat stamped with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink. This card would be perfect for the man in your life!SAILBOAT FANCY FOLD CARD

This is how the card looks when it is open.

Well I hope you have enjoyed my projects this week. Make sure you stop by the Heartfelt Creations Blog and check out all the great projects the other HC Design Team Members have made this week and while you are there don't forget to vote and also leave a comment on the HC Blog for a chance to win the entire Balmy Breeze Collection. Have a great week!

Begin by tracing around tag and envelop with Balmy Breezes Paper and then cutting to fit. Next adhere paper to tag and envelop with Zip Dry Paper Glue. For envelop with VersaFine Ink stamp "Have . . . beautiful day" from Beautiful You Set on Balmy Breezes Paper die cut with Petite Scalloped Ovals SM Spellbinder. Adhere to envelop. Add Dew Drops with 3-D Crystal Lacquer and self adhesive Crystal Champagne Flourishes. For tag with Memento Ink on Cryogen White Paper die cut with Classic Rectangles LG Spellbinder stamp seashell image from Seascape Set and color with Copics. Add Crystal Glitter with Dries Clear Glue to image and then adhere to tag. Add cord to hole in tag. On Cryogen White Paper with Memento Ink stamp four anchors from Seascape Set and color with Copics. Die cut with Decorative Lattice Swirl Die. Adhere together with Dries Clear Glue to create two double sided anchors. Add to end of cord and finish end with a knot.

Begin with a 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" piece of teal Bazzill cardstock and score on the 5 1/2" mark. Adhere a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Balmy Breezes Paper to the inside of the card and a 2 3/4" x 4" piece of Balmy Breezes Paper to the outside of the card front. Next cut a 3" x 8" piece of peach Bazzill cardstock and score on the 4" mark and adhere to inside of card base as shown to create a fancy fold. Cut 3 piece of the Balmy Breezes Paper to 2 3/4" x 3 3/4" and adhere one to peach cardstock base, the second one to the inside flap and and the third piece to the outside flap. On inside of card base with Walnut Stain Distress Ink stamp "best wishes . . . " sentiment from Heartfelt Expressions Set. On Cryogen White Paper die cut with Classic Rectangles SM with Walnut Stain Ink stamp sailboat from High Seas Set. Distress edges with Angique Linen Distress Ink and adhere to card front. With Walnut Stain Ink on Cryogen White Paper stamp ship's wheel from Surfs Up Set and then detail cut out. Distress with Antique Linen Distress Ink and then adhere to card front with pop dot on upper left corner. Tuck corner of peach cardstock base behind ship's wheel to keep card closed.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Today I have another 12" x 12" vintage layout to share with you. I just love this picture of this beautiful woman that I found at the antique mall! It goes perfect with Heartfelt Creations Countryside Evening Paper Collection. To make the page look even more vintage I heavily distressted the edges and inked them with Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Ink, making sure to fold back the edges to reveal the mauve paper from Heartfelt Creations Frosty Blanket Paper Collection. That is definately one thing I love about all the HC paper. It all coordinates and compliments each other so well that you will find it so easy to mix and match collections.

DISTRESSED VINTAGE LAYOUT

Make sure and check out the other great projects on the HC Blog this week created by the other HC Design Team members and while you are there don't forget to vote! It is that time again to vote for who you would like to see join the Heartfelt Creations Design Team and which of the current Design Team members you would like to continue. Of the twenty current Design Team members only ten will be asked to continue on, so if you enjoy the projects I create for Heartfelt Creations, please vote for me in the "favorite Designers" section. Have a great week!

I like to create cards, scrapbook layouts, mini albums and altered art. I love pretty paper, glitter and coloring with Copics. I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 24 years and we have two teenage daughters. I share my craft creations on my blog at www.candyscreationsblog.blogspot.com